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		<title>By: First Step</title>
		<link>http://www.firsttube.com/read/when-they-lie-call-them-liars/comment-page-1/#comment-1270</link>
		<dc:creator>First Step</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Palin, January 30, 1997 sent signed letters to Emmon and Stambaugh that stated: &quot;I don&#039;t feel I have your full support in my efforts to govern the city of Wasillia. Therefore I intend to terminate your employment.&quot; Those conversations were of a rhetorical &amp; realistic nature. Why Sarah Palin hasn&#039;t returned any of the $454.4 million in the original earmark to the Federal government, which was given to build two bridges in 1995? Is Sarah Palin still supporting funding for the second bridge, Don Young&#039;s Way? Why did Sarah Palin use $25 million on a road to nowhere but an empty beach when the building of the bridge was cancelled? Why would Sarah Palin support denying health benefits to same sex couples? If Alaska want a bridge they can build one themselves, why Sarah Palin cut Alaska construction budget by 1.6 billion dollars to have federal funding of construction programs in Alaska. &quot; This is truth to her lies&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Palin, January 30, 1997 sent signed letters to Emmon and Stambaugh that stated: &#8220;I don&#8217;t feel I have your full support in my efforts to govern the city of Wasillia. Therefore I intend to terminate your employment.&#8221; Those conversations were of a rhetorical &amp; realistic nature. Why Sarah Palin hasn&#8217;t returned any of the $454.4 million in the original earmark to the Federal government, which was given to build two bridges in 1995? Is Sarah Palin still supporting funding for the second bridge, Don Young&#8217;s Way? Why did Sarah Palin use $25 million on a road to nowhere but an empty beach when the building of the bridge was cancelled? Why would Sarah Palin support denying health benefits to same sex couples? If Alaska want a bridge they can build one themselves, why Sarah Palin cut Alaska construction budget by 1.6 billion dollars to have federal funding of construction programs in Alaska. &#8221; This is truth to her lies&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: rijaxn</title>
		<link>http://www.firsttube.com/read/when-they-lie-call-them-liars/comment-page-1/#comment-1268</link>
		<dc:creator>rijaxn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Obama is man of his word about terrorists(hint, hint: Bill O&#039;Reilly)

Remember some time back during the Democrat primaries when Sen. Barrack Obama stated that he would use diplomacy and talk with terrorists without pre-conditions? Remember the flack he took for that?

Well, it seems Mr. Obama is a man of his word. No, he has not had any reported secret chats with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez or Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, or North Korean Leader Kim Jung II. However, he did appear on Fox network&#039;s The Factor with Bill O&#039;Reilly.

I can hear you rondering, &quot; What&#039;s that got to do with Obama&#039;s word?&quot; Well, contrary to popular American propaganda, all terrorists are not from the Middle East, they don&#039;t practice Islam, they don&#039;t all have dark skin, and they don&#039;t all hate America. Actually, some terrorists claim to love America. Some terrorists are American. Oh, they won&#039;t say they are, but their sexist, racist, bigoted, conservative, judgemental, divisive ideologies are characteristics of terrorism.

You&#039;re probably thinking Timothy McVeigh, the troubled young man who was responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing. Can somebody say, Bill O&#039;Reilly and his elitist spiel fits the criteria?


There is no bigger, bigoted, oft-leaning, divisive character with all the inalienable rights of every American citizen, save for maybe Sean Hannity, than Bill O&#039;Reilly. Bill is not the upfront kind of terrorist. He won&#039;t come out and say it like Osama bin Laden. He projects his evil in a subtle manner. Cloaked in patriotism, he brands individuals or groups who oppose his elitist, out of touch views as un-American and traitors. He hides behind the 9-11 tradegy. 
So, without question, by his mere dignified appearance on the O&#039;Reilly Show, Obama has proved that he is a man of his word when it comes to talking with terrorists.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama is man of his word about terrorists(hint, hint: Bill O&#8217;Reilly)</p>
<p>Remember some time back during the Democrat primaries when Sen. Barrack Obama stated that he would use diplomacy and talk with terrorists without pre-conditions? Remember the flack he took for that?</p>
<p>Well, it seems Mr. Obama is a man of his word. No, he has not had any reported secret chats with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez or Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, or North Korean Leader Kim Jung II. However, he did appear on Fox network&#8217;s The Factor with Bill O&#8217;Reilly.</p>
<p>I can hear you rondering, &#8221; What&#8217;s that got to do with Obama&#8217;s word?&#8221; Well, contrary to popular American propaganda, all terrorists are not from the Middle East, they don&#8217;t practice Islam, they don&#8217;t all have dark skin, and they don&#8217;t all hate America. Actually, some terrorists claim to love America. Some terrorists are American. Oh, they won&#8217;t say they are, but their sexist, racist, bigoted, conservative, judgemental, divisive ideologies are characteristics of terrorism.</p>
<p>You&#8217;re probably thinking Timothy McVeigh, the troubled young man who was responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing. Can somebody say, Bill O&#8217;Reilly and his elitist spiel fits the criteria?</p>
<p>There is no bigger, bigoted, oft-leaning, divisive character with all the inalienable rights of every American citizen, save for maybe Sean Hannity, than Bill O&#8217;Reilly. Bill is not the upfront kind of terrorist. He won&#8217;t come out and say it like Osama bin Laden. He projects his evil in a subtle manner. Cloaked in patriotism, he brands individuals or groups who oppose his elitist, out of touch views as un-American and traitors. He hides behind the 9-11 tradegy.<br />
So, without question, by his mere dignified appearance on the O&#8217;Reilly Show, Obama has proved that he is a man of his word when it comes to talking with terrorists.</p>
<p>justrondering.blogspot.com</p>
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		<title>By: evangs</title>
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		<dc:creator>evangs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No harm in liking someone.

Thinking that Obama doesn&#039;t lie, now that&#039;s being blinded by his halo. Hence my boomerang comment.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No harm in liking someone.</p>
<p>Thinking that Obama doesn&#8217;t lie, now that&#8217;s being blinded by his halo. Hence my boomerang comment.</p>
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		<title>By: Katie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Katie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Did you actually send this to Barack Obama?  I think you should.
You make a good point in your assessment of &quot;what would happen if...&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did you actually send this to Barack Obama?  I think you should.<br />
You make a good point in your assessment of &#8220;what would happen if&#8230;&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Adam S</title>
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		<dc:creator>Adam S</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@evangs: I see.  So if someone likes Obama, they simply must be &quot;blinded by his halo.&quot;  Riiiiiiight.  

@lev1: To me, there&#039;s lying and there&#039;s &lt;i&gt;lying&lt;/i&gt;.  Saying &quot;I will work on the environment and not doing it - and other campaign promises - that are never followed to fruition is markedly different than simply telling untruths.  McCain and Palin are simply telling a story that is disproven with fact.  They misrepresent Obama and his policies and they lie about their own history.  They are liars.  And as a result, they cannot be trusted to be honest running our country.  They are the very thing we&#039;ve come to hate in politics, a large part of why this country is hated in so many places we were loved just 8 years ago.  So while I hear ya that politicians lie, I think of it as &quot;say anything to get elected,&quot; not &quot;tell deliberate fiction.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@evangs: I see.  So if someone likes Obama, they simply must be &#8220;blinded by his halo.&#8221;  Riiiiiiight.  </p>
<p>@lev1: To me, there&#8217;s lying and there&#8217;s <i>lying</i>.  Saying &#8220;I will work on the environment and not doing it &#8211; and other campaign promises &#8211; that are never followed to fruition is markedly different than simply telling untruths.  McCain and Palin are simply telling a story that is disproven with fact.  They misrepresent Obama and his policies and they lie about their own history.  They are liars.  And as a result, they cannot be trusted to be honest running our country.  They are the very thing we&#8217;ve come to hate in politics, a large part of why this country is hated in so many places we were loved just 8 years ago.  So while I hear ya that politicians lie, I think of it as &#8220;say anything to get elected,&#8221; not &#8220;tell deliberate fiction.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: evangs</title>
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		<dc:creator>evangs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If you weren&#039;t blinded by Obama&#039;s halo, you&#039;d know the reason why he&#039;d never be able to say anything like this. It&#039;d be like throwing a sharpened boomerang.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you weren&#8217;t blinded by Obama&#8217;s halo, you&#8217;d know the reason why he&#8217;d never be able to say anything like this. It&#8217;d be like throwing a sharpened boomerang.</p>
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		<title>By: l3v1</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Politicians always lie. We don&#039;t always know their agenda, and the cause, but that&#039;s how they function. They have to convince the people that they do what the people want them to, and at the same time pursue their - and the lobbyists&#039; - agenda, which is not always easy. Especially before elections they have to be much more populist than ever, which in itself suggests a larger percentage of lies than usual. Lying is probably the rule and not the exception. It&#039;s just some of them are better at it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Politicians always lie. We don&#8217;t always know their agenda, and the cause, but that&#8217;s how they function. They have to convince the people that they do what the people want them to, and at the same time pursue their &#8211; and the lobbyists&#8217; &#8211; agenda, which is not always easy. Especially before elections they have to be much more populist than ever, which in itself suggests a larger percentage of lies than usual. Lying is probably the rule and not the exception. It&#8217;s just some of them are better at it.</p>
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		<title>By: Eugenia</title>
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		<dc:creator>Eugenia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 07:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am sure there are exceptions to the rule. Like when you are meeting a penguin and you get confused.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am sure there are exceptions to the rule. Like when you are meeting a penguin and you get confused.</p>
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		<title>By: Thom Holwerda</title>
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		<dc:creator>Thom Holwerda</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Isn&#039;t calling a politician a liar kind of like calling a duck a bird?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Isn&#8217;t calling a politician a liar kind of like calling a duck a bird?</p>
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